South Asia
Indian and Pakistani leaders seek better ties (09.04.2012)
(Source:Al Jazeera)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari have held informal talks in New Delhi, where they stressed the need to normalise relations.
India, Pakistan expect closer ties from future talks (10.11.2011)
(Source:VOA News)
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan say they expect the next round of formal talks between the countries to continue bringing the two sides closer together.
Kashmir to lift reviled security law (21.10.2011)
(Source:New York Times)
A much-despised law that suspends basic rights and shields security forces from prosecution in the disputed province of Kashmir will be lifted in some areas in the next few days.
India and Pakistan report progress in easing strains (27.07.2011)
(Source:New York Times)
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met here on Wednesday, agreeing to a set of small but significant concessions to ease tensions in the disputed border region of Kashmir and pledging to work toward closer ties between their mutually wary, nuclear-armed countries.
India, Pakistan say peace talks to resume (10.02.2011)
(Source:Reuters AlertNet)
India and Pakistan have agreed to resume formal peace talks that were broken off by New Delhi after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, with Pakistan saying on Thursday discussions between the nuclear-armed rivals would start before July.
Uruguayan general named chief of UN observer mission in India and Pakistan (17.12.2010)
(Source:UN News)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Major-General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay as head of the United Nations mission in India and Pakistan.
Tempers cool in Kashmir after summer of violence (04.11.2010)
(Source:Reliefweb)
As the first snows fall in the mountains of Indian Kashmir, tempers are also cooling after a summer of violence that saw more than 100 people die in street protests.
India names mediators to hold Kashmir dialogue (13.10.2010)
(Source:BBC)
The Indian government has named three mediators to begin a dialogue with people in Indian-administered Kashmir.
India enforces curfew in violence-wracked Kashmir (14.09.2010)
(Source:RFE/RL)
Indian security forces are on high alert in Kashmir today and have threatened to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew imposed on the Indian-controlled region, one day after 19 people were killed in battles between troops and protesters.
Indian prime minister calls for end to Kashmir violence (10.08.2010)
(Source:BBC)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for "the cycle of violence" to end in Indian-administered Kashmir.